Table of Contents
The History of Battle Creek page 5
PAWNEE INDIAN WAR OF 1859 page 7
NEBRASKA BECOMES A STATE page 10
FIRST SETTLEMENT IN AREA page 12
FIRST SETTLEMENT AT BATTLE CREEK page 13
THE VIRGNINIANS ARRIVE page 18
MADISON COUNTY IS FORMED page 36
BATTLE CREEK TOWNSITE IS BORN page 40
THE RAILROAD COMES TO TOWN page 45
THE BATTLE CREEK ENTERPRISE IS FOUNDED page 45
MISS BRECHHEISEN IS 102 CHRISTMAS EVE, 1966 page 58
THE BATTLE CREEK MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYpage 73
THE NIOBRARA STAGE LINE page 81
HORSE RACING IN BATTLE CREEK page 107
WILLIAM CHRISTIAN VOLK III page 116
THE HENRY TOMHAGEN STORY page 124
THE PIONEER OF PIONEERS, JOHN F. TIEDGEN page 134
Hard Work But Prospering page 147
THE FRED RICHARDSON FAMILY page 154
THE WADES OF BATTLE CREEK page 159
THE DOUGLAS PREECE FAMILY page 162
FARMER ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED page 169
MRS. GEORGE W. HAIGHT page 169
THE CUNNINGHAM FAMILY page 171
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND DROUGHT OF THE THIRTIES page 179
ZIMMERMAN - WINTER FAMILIES page 184
EARLY DAY HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN BATTLE CREEK, NEBRASKA page 186
THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH page 193
ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH page 200